About

This restaurant is permanently closed. Cavatappo Grill & Wine Bar is located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Milanese Cuisine with a New York bite, Cavatappo is the perfect addition to your New York outing!

All are available as an Appetizer, or as a Main Dish for an additional $6

Pasta

Pasta w/ Garlic and Olive Oil

garlic, olive oil, parsley, crushed red pepper, please choose from: spaghetti linguini, penne, tagliatelle, angel hair or gnocchi and Type in the pasta of your choice in the box below. For ravioli just order the ravioli item in the pasta menu and sub garlic and olive oil sauce

Pasta with Tomato and Basil Sauce

tomato and fresh basil sauce, please choose from: spaghetti linguini, penne, tagliatelle, angel hair or gnocchi and Type in the pasta of your choice in the box below. For ravioli just order the ravioli item in the pasta menu and sub tomato sauce

Orecchiette with Sausage, Broccoli Rabe & Fontina

Seafood Risotto

Gluten Free Fusilli Bolognese

ground beef, celery, carrots, onions & tomato sauce ragout

Gluten Free Penne with Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella

Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli

w/ Butter & Sage Sauce

Penne w/ Tomato & Mozzarella

w/ Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella & Basil

Veal Ravioli

in a Prosciutto Cream Sauce

Gnocchi w/ Veal Ragú

w/ Veal, Sage & Carrot Ragú

Spinach Pappardelle w/ Duck Ragú

Spinach Angel Hair

w/ Shrimp, Radicchio & Fresh Tomatoes

Rigatoni

w/ Eggplant, Tomato Sauce, & Ricotta Salata Cheese

Tagliatelle Bolognese

Linguini w/ Bacon, Onions & Tomato Sauce

Bigoli with Lamb Ragu

Main Dishes

Sauteed Rainbow Trout

w/ Mashed Potatoes & sauteed spinach

Braised Lamb Shank W/ Israeli Cous Cous

Grilled Salmon

w/ Sautéed spinach

Grilled Striped Bass

w/ Sautéed spinach

Chicken Paillarde

w/ Roasted Potatoes & Mixed Greens

Sweet Italian Sausages

w/ spinach & Roasted Potatoes

Beef Burger

w/ French Fries, Lettuce, Tomato & Onion

Chicken Milanese

Breaded Chicken Breast w/ Arugula Salad & Roasted Potatoes

Grilled Shrimp & Moroccan Cous Cous

Baked Striped Bass

w/ Artichokes & Potatoes

Sautéed Mussels

w/ Garlic, Parsley & White Wine

Side Dishes

Fried Olives

limited 1 per order

Fresh Baked Focaccia

Steamed Vegetables

Broccoli, Cauliflower, Zucchini & Carrots

Sautéed Spinach

Sautéed Broccoli

Mashed Potatoes

Roasted Potatoes

Soft Polenta

Desserts

Blueberry PIE

W/ vanilla Ice Cream

Chocolate Molten Cake

Chocolate molten cake with ice cream

Tiramisu

Créme Caramel

Pear Almond Tart

w/ Vanilla Ice Cream

Chocolate Mousse

Ricotta Cheese Cake

w/ Caramel Sauce

Fresh Fruit

Seasonal

Beverages

Bottled Water 1/2 Liter

Sparkling 1/2 liter

Bottled Water 1/2 Liter

Flat 1/2 Liter

Bottled Water Flat 1liter

Flat 1 Liter

Bottled Water Sparkling 1 Liter

Sparkling 1 Liter

Soda

12 fl oz can (355ml)

Available Only on Saturday & Sunday 11:30 to 4:00pm

Eggs and More

Poached Eggs

Served w/ Mixed Greens & Roasted Potatoes

Eggs Benedict

Served w/ Mixed Greens & Roasted Potatoes

Cheese & Ham Omlette

Served w/ Mixed Greens & Roasted Potatoes. Unless otherwise requested, will be made with Cheddar

UNFORTUNATELY THE RESTAURANT IS CLOSING DUE TO AN UNACCEPTABLE RAISE IN THE RENT. THE JAZZ PERFORMANCES WERE WONDERFUL AND UPTOWN. WE WILL BE SORRY TO SEE LUCCA AND THE RESTAURANT LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Great food and loved music.We were so happy to find a neighborhood place where you find very friendly people, good food and fantastic music ( thanks, Lucas). Service is good although it took long to get our food, that even after few reminders. Definitely a place we will visit many times.

nice restaurant, food was really good... however, the waitstaff seemed they all would rather be somewhere else... we might give it another chance...the food was that good.

the "owner" spent about 10 minutes speaking with a couple ..who he knew..who were seated... adjacent to our table.

which meant the waitstaff had to work around him..as a result..the waitstaff keep pushing into us..hitting our shoulders/table .. the "owner" was oblivious.. how this made his employee's work harder...and his customers seated were made to take the brunt of the narrow walkway.

We had a family get-together brunch - 8 adults- was very nice. We had lots of space, good service, not much noise and they let us relax and enjoy our meal - did not rush us. Everyone enjoyed their food - we ate omelette , shrimp salad, eggs Benedict and sandwiches - everything was good. I would go again.

Neighborhood place with great food, especially if you like Italian, and live music at a reasonable charge. Luca is a warm host, and the restaurant has a comfortable vibe because of that. Worth a return trip, many return trips

Pasta with meat ragu was suprisingly bland. Request to cook pasta al dente was ignored. Sea bass was on par with what you may get at diner. Quality of bread in bread basket was awful. Mussels were decent. Service was friendly.

It was the first time my husband and I ate there and we thought the food and service were excellent. However, the atmosphere was a little run-down and we almost didn't stay when we first walked in. But again, the food was really good and the service was superb! I would categorize this as a very good neighborhood gem. We plan to go back and listen to Jazz some time!

Wow! Cavatappo is going downhill each and every time I dine there. I'm not quite sure where management finds their waiters/waitresses, but they are surely not trained at all ... dined there Sunday with friends, ordered the fried olives to start ... waiter (seemed stoned/drunk?) brings cold olives out ... then proceeds to explain that the olives are made before hand and are served that way. I know that is not true, b/c I order the olives every time I am there. Horrible service, totally overpriced ... not worth the visit anymore. Too bad. Will have to walk a little farther down First Avenue to find better, more reasonable restaurants ... and there are many.

This was a Sunday brunch, the day before Memorial Day. We had eaten there several times over the past year and had found it good value and pleasant. Yesterday was a huge disappointment - we were 3 and there were only 3 other people in the restaurant. We ordered from the brunch menu (too basic for words), the food took nearly 1/2 hour to reach us. The pancakes were thick, dry and lukewarm. The grilled vege platter for the 3 of us arrived dry, limp and room temp. There was no apology for the poor service. This is way too bad. We had enjoyed previous, tasty, well prepared meals there and had relied on it as a neighborhood 'reliable'.

I used to love this neighborhood restaurant and have been there many times over the years. But in my past 3 visits I noticed higher prices, and extreme reduction in portion size. Unacceptably small. A bad combo. When I asked the waiter if what I received was a normal size portion of fish, he made a face and took it away, and told me I was not going to have to now wait while the chef figured out what to do. 20 minutes later they delivered my platter with a normal size serving, and I was satisfied. But I was not treated nicely. The same thing happened with the lamb shank the last time I was there... extremely small compared to other visits.. the waiter agreed.. eventually brought me a normal size portion. They seem to be skimping on portions to see if they can get away with it, which is really disappointing. We went on jazz night (Monday) and I enjoyed the music. But I'm not sure if I will ever go back.

I was disappointed with this experience. The food was not as good as prior reviews indicate. The maitre d was rude and the restaurant itself was uncomfortable due to ever fluctuating temperatures - the door was left open creating a draft for our table and we had to repeatedly ask for it to be closed but at the same time the heating vent over our table (that in itself was kind of gross for eating) was blasting directly on our table. The better answer in mid-May would have been to have had cooler air circulating. But more disappointing was the service. Despite having a reservation we had to wait with no welcome or accomodating acknowledgement (and we had an elderly person in our party) and we waited over an hour for our entrees with no explanation. One of our party had a severe garlic allergy and was dismissed by the Maitre d as being in the wrong restaurant and/or that the dishes didn't have "that much garlic" - rather than what most restaurants do which is to offer a couple of garlic free alternatives. It was a special occasion and because it is a neighborhood place we were eager to give it a try but we won't go back. The pasta dishes were good but not good enough to make up for the disappointments that contributed to the overall negative experience. Also should be noted we were a party of 8 and while everyone tried to make the best of it especially since it was a special occasion, everyone in the group felt the same tension in the poor service.